Here are a collection of explanations that I, as a Locker fan, can offer you..
1) Injuries... Played with a broken rib much of the season.
2) Unstable O-Line. Players shuffled all year looking for a combo that worked.
3) Drops. UW lead Div-1 in drops this year... 44.
4) No TE this year.
5) Doesn't matter what his stats are, year over year, his team won more games...

1. The injuries I can buy. That is one of the few reasons I will accept.

2. Eli Manning had one of the worst OL when he played at Ole Miss. I don't buy it.

3. I can somewhat see the drops, I even brought it up back in early January.

What first got me to revisit Locker was something I had just read. Washington WRs have dropped 41 passes this season. Stanford WRs have dropped 17. If Washington WRs had dropped only 17 passes all season, then Locker's completion % would have been 62.6% (from 55.4%). His WRs get no separation, his windows are very small, but he still gets them there. His OL is worse. The interior is horrible, Locker can never step up. Yet, if you watch, he almost always sets his feet (when he's in the pocket) before he throws. He has great feet, they are fluid, quick, and always moving.

4. From the games I watched, they didn't have very many underneath routes to bail him out. But, I don't think you can blame that on the TE. They usually went 1-1 set, but left the TE in to block. They had to, their OL was that bad.

5. They were winless his sophomore year. It's not hard to improve from that.

Also, if you need something to help you rationalize the Locker pick (which I've been doing), there's also this. He was 7 completions away from hitting 60% his junior year. 7 more catches, and we probably wouldn't even be having this discussion.

Of course Carroll prefers Locker over Young, Vince Young killed him in front of millions of viewers. But really tho, who doesn't like this guy

Look at him, he's wearing a Titans shirt and hunting hat. He's just a regular guy who loves football. I can't wait to see what he's capable of with NFL blockers, and NFL receivers. All the excuses we're seeing and hearing, we put those out there, not Jake Locker. He's already a pro.

Of course Carroll prefers Locker over Young, Vince Young killed him in front of millions of viewers. But really tho, who doesn't like this guy

Look at him, he's wearing a Titans shirt and hunting hat. He's just a regular guy who loves football. I can't wait to see what he's capable of with NFL blockers, and NFL receivers. All the excuses we're seeing and hearing, we put those out there, not Jake Locker. He's already a pro.

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